Enterprise data indicates that U.S. service members (SMs) with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may not receive an evidence-based treatment (EBT) or may receive an EBT with low fidelity to the core components.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To examine mortality among active duty US military service members (SMs) with the diagnosis of penetrating traumatic brain injury (PTBI) and a hospital admission between 2004 and 2014.
Design: Data on SMs with PTBI and an admission to a military or civilian hospital were obtained from the 2004 to 2014 Military Health System data repository. After applying exclusion criteria, data on 1226 SMs were analyzed.